(10-30-2024, 08:21 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: I loved the BTJ pick but Cooper DeJean was the top guy on my board when we picked at 24.  DeJean shut down Jamar Chase last week and already looks like one of the best corners in the league.  We should have traded up a few spots and taken DeJean in the 2nd and out CB room would be built. It's crazy the Eagles were able to come away with the 2 best corners in the draft.  DeJean was a top 10 player in the draft imo and a steal at 40.

It will be interesting to see how these rookies play.  Hopefully Maason Smith will be active and play.  Mitchell was my top guy at 17 and he already looks like one of the best corners as well.  The good thing is we will likely have another opportunity to get a guy in the 2025 draft just as good or maybe even better in Travis Hunter or Will Johnson

Every year at least one or two really good players somehow drop to the 2nd round. Usually it's due to something like poor combine numbers, size issues or rumors about drugs or generally bad character. In last year's draft, both Cooper DeJean and Jackson Powers-Johnson fell into this category. My guess is that both of these players will eventually become long-term starters and quite possibly be selected as pro-bowlers. The Jaguars could have traded up in round 2 without giving up that much; instead they have a guy with a history of injuries who has been inactive for the past couple of weeks. Hopefully, he will meet the high expectations which Baalke had for him when selecting him in round 2 so we can gladly "eat crow" in a couple of years when he is terrorizing offensive linemen and quarterbacks.

---